I used to discover a lot of new music on Youtube, actually.
If you watched a music video you liked, the algorithm recommended related stuff, but also threw you a curveball with <1000 views once in a while.
I stumbled upon a lot of great bands that way.
But nowadays, 3 videos in it’ll all be AI slop, so I’m open to new ideas and willing to pay for a service, too.
8·1 day ago- Blogs/sites like Pitchfork for internationally hyped releases
- Smaller sites for more local content
- I check local calendars for release parties or concerts
- I talk with my colleagues.
- I go directly to labels that I trust and check out all of their new releases
- I stop by my local record stores and ask the staff for a couple of album recs
- I use the search functions of Bandcamp and follow a bunch of bands there
- Ditto for Soundcloud, where the reposts of independent artists are especially useful for discovering other bands and musicians.
- Recommendations from Qobuz or Spotify
- I have a couple of radio stations that I spend a few hours with each week, like fip.fr, local student radio, local insert political leanings radio